Example sentences of "been expect [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had she been expecting Naylor to be stuck for words or , now that the moment of carrying out the plan he had put to her had arrived , ducking it , then she was disappointed on both counts . |
| 2 | She had been expecting changes and had steeled herself not to resent them . |
| 3 | It was as if I had been expecting visitors . |
| 4 | Frying-pan in hand , she is saying she has nothing for us , she had n't been expecting customers ; at this time of year there are visitors only at weekends . |
| 5 | Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength . |
| 6 | Until then he 'd been expecting Blagg , and he might know exactly what he 'd left . ’ |
| 7 | The Chief had resigned himself to Mahmoud but had not been expecting Owen . |
| 8 | Evidently he had been expecting Hazel to speak first and was somewhat at a loss . |
| 9 | From Jeff 's description , she 'd been expecting horns and cloven hoofs ! |
| 10 | She had been expecting Hubert Molland with the parish magazine , which was why she had answered the door . |
| 11 | You must have been expecting trouble . ’ |
| 12 | I can remember Leslie coming home , I think I must have been expecting Doreen at the time , that was in , that was early early on , nineteen , well that was nineteen sixty three , and he was , he had heard that had I had been in the Gatehouse Drama Club , and er he said , Would I be interested in com in coming to the Drama in if they started ? |